1085. Mulberry Mousse Cake

I made a similar dessert to this one a long while ago using cherries in tea biscuits in place of today's mulberries and sponge cake base. I am sure this no-bake fruit mousse cake dessert can be adapted to a whole variety of fruits beyond berries.

1084. Cheesy Chicken Pasta Bake

Calling this dish a pasta bake is somewhat of a misnomer. Sure, the instructions say to pour the pasta in an oven-safe dish, cover with (more) grated cheese, and broil, but in fact this pasta is closer to a one pot, stove top, cheesy wonder. If you wanted to, you could totally skip the broil in the oven step.

Reader Recipe Pictures VII

It's been too long since our last reader recipe compilation on the blog, and we have, as always, excellent entries.

1082. Qatari Cauliflower-Tomato Eggs

Eggs are the international preference for breakfast, and this spicy, multi-dimensional Qatari breakfast eggs feed a small crowd quite comfortably. This protein and fibre-rich breakfast is one of those accidentally healthy types of recipes, where the flavor was kept in mind rather than the good-for-you factor.

1081. Cocoa Bundt Cake

Chocolate cake is such an ambiguous term. It's almost subjective to interpretation. Some expect a dense creamy cake, others light and fluffy. Some go flourless, others bread-like. Some say a chocolate cake isn't so if there's no chocolate in it. So I decided to call this chocolate cake Cocoa Cake as a clear indicator to what makes it chocolate. But do not be deceived.

1080. Courgette Cottage Cheese Gratin

This low(er) fat cheesy gratin came to me at a time when I wanted something rich, bubbly, and cheesy, like a vegetable non-tomato lasagna of sorts. It's meatless too, but remains high in protein due to the cottage cheese. I just might go as far as calling it a diet dish, especially if you moderate your portion.

1079. Strawberry Brownie Trifle

While this dessert is composed of only three ingredients (one of which is a baked slab of brownies), it is so much more than the sum of its parts. Such a casual get together can easily be featured on any elegant buffet table. Strawberries and cream are a classic. Here, they marry brownies and dance in my favorite trifle bowl, a gift from a beloved brother and friend.

1078. Chicken Peanut Noodles

This noodle recipe incorporates the flavor of a chicken satay with noodles for a one-bowl meal. Any type of noodle of your choice can be used here, as the chicken is cooked in the sauce while the noodles cook separately. Once both components are ready, they are then stirred together. This recipe packs a nutty Asian punch of flavors.

1077. Pistachio Cupcake with Raspberry Frosting

The cupcake craze of the nineties is long over and replaced with macarons, naked cakes, and the like. However, once in a while, it is perfectly harmless to enjoy a dainty colorful cupcake with good friends over a good pot of mint tea. These gorgeous cupcakes are completely natural, where the vivid frosting color comes from freeze dried raspberries. The cupcake itself is pistachio.

1076. Oat Seed Crackers

Although I archived this cracker recipe under Bread, this is not a bread. The only relative to a bread in it is the rolled oats. Otherwise, it's seeds, seeds, and seeds to the extent you might for a second think you are making a meal for birds.

1075. Banana Oat Cookies (2 Ingredients!)

The end. No, really. Mash banana, stir in some oats, and bake. There you have a perfectly legitimate, diet-friendly chewy cookie good for breakfast or snacks on the go. And what's even better is the option to keep it plain, or go crazy with add-ins such as chocolate chips, nuts, dried fruit (raisins?), or nuts.

1074. Babybell Grilled Cheese

My mother, Allah bless her soul, would make us weeknight baguette pizzas once in a while when we were kids. This favorite tread led us into experimenting with various cheeses, including emmenthal, mozzarella, square cheese slices, and baby bell. The result with the latter was a definite favorite, that sometimes we would skip the pizza and just have grilled baby bell toast.

1073. Lemon Curd Cake

Tangy zingy lemon desserts have their own niche of followers. It's the kind of thing that once you liked it, there's no going back. It just might replace chocolate *gasp* as a favorite dessert. Now this cake is a triple zing threat. The cake itself is zingy with lime zest, the layers are sandwiched with lemon curd, and the whole lot is crowned with a thick lemon icing.

1072. Honeyed Fruits

In a time when we have pizza, cheesy pasta bakes, sizzling steaks and fires in duck fat, triple chocolate mousse, and ice cream sundaes, we can easily forget the value and pure pleasure that lies in nature's fruit (literally).